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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04

could not get to 1t on account of the deep
snow. His horse herd is looking splen,
! dldly.
Hay IS getting very scarce in this vicin-
ity. and some few cattle have died re-
Gently. Every one will welcome the ap-
pearance of bare ground.
L understand that the agent has given
the Indians who have cattle that are poor
and weak, and no hay, the privilege of
letting them out to parties to winter on
halves.
A very interesting case is reported to
have been tried before Judge Patterson,
of Winona. recently Juhn McEnlry and
Pat Malloy were counsel on one side, and
Major D'ckey and the Times editor on
the other.
./Mr. John McCrory has not heard from
the cattle that he took out on the Little
Missouri last summer, but is in hopes
that they are all right, as they had
large quantity of hay and good shelter
provided for them.
A man by the name of Buck, from
North Carolina, has been looking this
neighborhood over, and has filed on the
northeast quarter of 6-133-7S. He will
move on his claim this spring with his
family, who are now in the east
The sheriff was over from Williamsport'
one day last week. He came to bring
Mrs. Wade home and take glance at the
stock, which, he SAYS look very we'll.
While here he made ski outfit and went
over on the prairie to see the colts. He
found them about three miles east of the
ranch, and In very fine condition. They
paw the snow away with their front feet
and eat the cured buffalo grass, with
which they get snow enough so that they
need no water from the. first of winter
until the spring comes again. Mr.. w.
says that they look fully as well as those
that he has kept stabbed during the win
ter OCCASIONAL.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
Northern Pacific Mails.

Tribune: Bismarck has missed only
two daily mails all winter but it seems
that several of her sister cities of the ter
ritory have been decidedly less fortuo
nate. In yesterdays mail to the Tribune
there were seven different issues of the
Mitchell! Republican, eight Of the Abcr-
dccn News, and nearly as many of the
Huronite, which shows that the mails
have been blocked between those cities
and St. Paul, since, as above stated. the
mails have come regularly from St. Paul
here. North Dakota has good deal of
SNOW. but the Northern Pacific and Man
itoba roads have let it interfere with their
necessary business very little
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
Glencoe.
UleACOe'
Correspondence of the RECORD.

correspondence OF the RECORD.
Mr.. G. Gregory is seriously ill.
George Williams has purchased ten
head of cattle from Mr.. Lawre 1ce, and
will go into the dairy business in the
spring.
Miss Pearl Smith has been quite sick,
but is now up and around again, much
to the delight of her numerous friends,
both biped and quadruped.
Everybody is wishing the thaw would
come, as hay is getting very scarce. Some
are even having to resort to two and
three year old straw-piles for feed.
The snow is four feet deep in the tim
Der, and Camp Triplett is almost deserted.
big Alec" s. Smith and Steve Triplett,
each being over six feet three, manage
to get out little timber now and again !;
but they are the only ones.
<Dugald Campbell came home last week
from California, on a short visit. Pc
says Dakota is the best country he has
struck yet for a man with small capital
to start up in, although California has
the advantage of us in climate.
A. r. Bates wishes me, through the
medium of the RECORD, to inform his
many Emmons County friends that he
now has twelve cayuscs and thirty head
of cattle, and will dehorn them(t the cattle
not the cayuses) in the spring; that he is
going to get fifty head more next sum-
mcr, and--to be continued ri our next.
The RECORD was probably of the opin-
ion that its Glencoe correspondent had
been frozen up, by reason of his not
writing for so long. Although nearly so
in recent blizzard he is still alive and
kicking. However, he is bemoanlng the
loss of a buckskin cayuseof pervcrse
nature, who took it into his head recently
to lay him down in a cold and cherries
snow-drift and die, and this; too, when
within hundred yards of the joys and
comforts of home.
| The losses of cattle in, this neighbor-
hood are very severe, and will be still
more so if this weather continues Will.
lam Smith, out of forty head, has but
seven left; Charles Carr has alost /; con.
siderable number: Mr.. Hedges, two
horses and seven cows G. Robinson, B.
Briscoe and H. Since, horse each; r..
Sanders, COW and calf. Don Stevenson,
over on the Cannonball, has lost over one
hundred head of cattle and some ponies,
and the cattle are dying every day.
: Frank Calender thought he'd try his
hand at coasting down side. hill. the
other day. All went merry enough til
Franks coaster" broke, and then the
trouble began. Frank disliled to see the
others coasting and be left behind : sc
he thought he'd 60 down on board
which would be better than nothing a
all. The board was all right, but tn,
Lwo-inch nail wasn't, and by the tim,
Frank got TO the bottom of that hill hi
pants and neither habilimcnts were ren
in twain even like unto Elisha's nclhe
garment. A couple of gunny sacks ant
some string make Il pretty good pair Of
trousers in pinch, and, when you gel
an overcoat on top of all, look suite re
spectacle. But still Frank kinder reck
ons he don't want to coast any more
even with his best girl, and he reckous i
in pretty expressive language, too, for 81
good young man. RUsTLER.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Of a Special Meeting of the Board
of County Com mi missiOners of Em-
mons County, Called by the County
Clerk at the Request of S. e. Brin-
die, County Treasurer, to Audit
the Treasurer's Accounts for 1885
and 1886.
WlLL1AMsPoRT, Dak, March l, 1887.
Present: James B. Gayton [chairman) and
w. l.. Yeater, commissioner.
Tho Board audited the accounts; and, having
found there was due the county the sum of $685. SO
the same was paid and the Treasurer's receipt
filed With the County Clerk.
Board adjourned.
Attest:
THOMAS PARKS, JAS. B. GAYTON,
County Clerk. Chairman.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
our Lawmakers.

Gov. Pierce in Pioneer Press: .'The,
legislature of Dakota impresses all visit
ors to the capitol with being an intel.i-
gent and peculiarly representative body
of men. A gentleman of much experi-
ence with legislative assemblies remarked
upon this fact yesterday, and said :
"Your council and house are fine looking
assemblagcs, and certainly average better
than either Wisconsin or Minnesota. 1
shall be disappointed if they do not make
record for honesty and economy not
cqualed by any previous legislature of
the territory"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
DanblIry.

Correspondence of the RECORD
Judge Hodgkinson, IN company with
Alva w. Scoficld, went to the county seat
to-day to attend to some probate bnsi.
ness.
MIR. John F. Cell and family will move
on their claim in a few days, or as soon
as they can find their house and shovel
the snow away from it. i. :,
Thursday evening, the 24t ult., birth
day party was given by N and Mrs.
George Chapman in celebr Zion of Mr..
chapman's sixtieth birthda4. 1t was a
very enjoyable affair. IL
ZLincoln Gel (son of Mr.. hd Mrs. John
F. GciD is expected 10 retu to Emmo ms
county from Detroit, Mich. ,p the early
spring. The general belief Mthat he Will
bring partner with him to start house.
keeping Why is it that the young men
of Emmons county go back east for their
wives? Something very strange
During the absence of Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. Cell, Thursday evening, Feb. "a,
a fire broke out in their temporary winter
headquarters which proved somewhat
disastrous. A large quantity of coal was
piled up around the stove,sin order to
dry. The coal caught fire. The flames
destroyed over forty dollars worth of
clothing, sewing machine aud other
household goods, one dog, five cats,
three chickens, and one canary bird. The
fire attracted the attention of Lot Kokcr,
who with some difficulty extinguished 1t.
The door was broken open, but it was
some time before he could enter the build.
ing on account of the gas. smoke, and
heat. AJAX.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
BitunfnOus Coal.

Steele Ozone: An eight,foot vein of
coal has been opened in Ward county,
two miles from Burlington, which Mr..
Cotton, the owner, says is sufficient in
extent to supply Dakota with fuel for
century. The coal is of excellent btu.
lnlno4s quality, and the people in that
vicinity obtain it at So per ton. A spur
is being built from the Manitoba railroad
to the mine, and preparations are being
made TO operate it extensively. Tho cost
Of the coal to the consumer will be So
per ton and freight charges to point of
shipment This enterprise promises te
revolutionize the coal trade in the north
ern part of the territory.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
fashionable Dre.sma,sinx.

Mrs. e. Ham, Main street, near Ban
ner House. Bismarck, Oak, guaran-
tees a good tit and has all the latest
fashions. Cuts by French system if de-
sired. Is thankful for past favors, and
calls attention to change of location.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
The Place In sion.

When You 60 to Bismarck stop at the
Third Street Restaurant. The table is
supplied with the best the market affords,
and the rooms are comfortable and neatly
furnished. II. J. PORTER. Proprietor.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
Confirmed.

Messrs. Griggs, Boynton and Smith,
Gov Church's nominees for the Board of
Railroad Commissioners, we're confirmed
by the Council on Monday.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
The Concentration Of wealth.

Chicago Express Egypt died when 81
per cent of her wealth became centered
in 3 per cent of her population.
Ninety per cent Of wealth centered in 2
per cent of her people caused the death
of Babylon. Persia the empire of 100
provinces, kicked the bucket when per
cent of her population had gobbled up
the wealth of the realm Greece, with
more tenacity, succumbed to apoplexy
when less than per cent Of her wealth
was distributed among 80 per cent of her
people. Rome gave up the ghost when
1900 of her mobiles "owned the world"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
Earthquake.

By an earthquake in Italy last week
several hundred people lost their lives
and millions of dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed:
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
school Meeting.

The Williamsport School Board will
meet the patrons of the various schools
of the township tomorrow Saturday, 1T
o'clock.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
FOUND.

Near Livona, a merino shawl. The
owner can have the same by calling on
Mrs. Q. 9. Livingston, at Livona post
office. describing property, and paying
for this advertisements:
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
The Thnw

Everybody seems to expect period of
enforced idleness for man and beast
when the final thaw comes.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
Armstrong;.
AJAX.

Correspondence Of the RECORD.
Olaf Larson is expected home soon.
Spring will soon be upon us. Thank
the Lord
Master Eddie Coovcr was so unfortu-
nate as to lose his fine heifer calf
Notwithstanding the blizzard on Fri
day, Axel jacobson and two of his neigh.
bors came in from the timber with three
loads of wood.
A. P. Rorick, of Goose Lake, has dis
appeared rather mysteriously. Some
time ago he left.J. Coles to go to one of
his (Rorick's) neighbors, and has not
been seen or heard from since.
AS editors are supposed to know every
thing, will you, through the columns of
your valuable paper, kindly inform us if
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
is going to furnish seed for the farmers !;
and, if so, on what conditions2
Hearken, al We dclinquents The
RECORD man has thirty-f four acres to seed
this spring. Why not pitch in and plow,
SOW and drag it for him, all in one day F?
Thanks; Gay; but, as we used TO say in
Missouri, the plantations ''done rented" " |
ACROSS TIcK-[K1LL I'M
D read wintry blasts, so cruel and cold,
r eform, we bid thee, or withdraw.
S orrow and losses with thee came.
T 90 glad We'll welcome good thaw,
R cplaced by spring, to sow our grain.
E Enlure briefly, dear friends, the weather
raw;
E ntombcd these cares will be ere long.
hink of the crops this snow will
bring 'yer,''
E rasing cares with Fortunes song.
II cad this acrostic--D. r. Strceter.
! IPcter, Peter, pumpkin -eater.] GAY
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
GaYtOn, !,

1dy GOHs
Correspondence Of the RECORD.
The family of Mr. Clare East have a
girl baby at their house.
Walker Robinson will return to his
home near Willianlsport in few days.
Major Dickey passed through here
few days ago on his way to Bismarck,
where he goes to attend the term of court
now in session.
|. The Indians across the river are dane
Hng nearly all the time, and making med
iclne to the Great Spirit for the snow to
20 away and Tor the return Of fair
weather.
1t is reported that Louis Agard. who
took his herd of cattle out of this county
and over on the Cannonball river, has
! lost all of them. Agard had hay, bu,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

Hayman, the Frisco manager, has lust
signed to sing at the Casino next year. III
q fact, I'm solemnly assured by one who
has seen her contract with Rudolph Aronson.
Of the Casino, that she will draw $3.50 week
for her services. That's $50 more than Ned
Rice offered her when he wanted her to 20
out with his company. It's at least 500
above the figures the Bijou managers arc
paying her. On the whole, comic opera sing
ing is very profitable. Pauline Hall, at the
Casino, gets $500 week, and she is worth it
as a draw" though hardly so on general
artistic principles.
But Francis Wilson, who plays Caddy in
"Erminie, is, from any point of view, well
worth his salary, which is probably trife
more than you or make. He gets $500 a
week. doubt iflarger wages have ever been
paid to any comic opera comedian in this or
any other. country. Ten years ago Wilson
was working for SIS a week in the stock of
Mrs. John Drew's theatre in Philadelphia.
They tell me now he has about $4,000 in
bank.
suppose he's getting ready for stellar
tour. They all do it. FERAMoRz.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

Great Business Scheme Which the
Editor Would Not Go Into.
was writing an editorial for the columns
IF the Bungtoaon Bee when he came in. The
way we wrote editorials on That paper was to
clip them from New York dailies and add
We think so too,' by way Of finish. 1t
saved good deal of brain work and our
readers didn't seem to know the difference.
The man who confronted me looked as if
he had been doing summer duty in Connec-
lieut. cornfield His clothes were rusty black
and his trousers were deliberately edged with
afringe surmounted by dash of Jersey mud.
He had demoralized white hat on his head,
and his breath-well, his breath was the
largest and fullest-favored of any my nos
trils ever sampled
He sat down close at my elbow and perched
one foot daintily on the side of the desk and
sat ON the other so that 1 should see his shoes
were not mates.
He sat down with sigh, in which could
be distinguished remorse and bad whiskey-
principally the latter-and then began:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
THE NATIONAL DRILI.
Indications of Large Representation
at Washington.

indications OF Large Representation
at Washington.
The entries for the May drill at Washing
ton indicate very clearly that there will be
competitors enough, even in the absence
of any companies that may object to the
colored men, Virginia sends an entire
brigade, Kentucky regiment, Ohio regi-
ment and additional companies. Even Da-
kota contributes battalion and company.
and Washington Territory furnishes her
Tacoma Guard The West and South. as
might have been expected, are the most
strongly represented, but Rhode Island
distinguishes herself by sending a very large
force. The most remarkable absence is
that of Pennsylvania, which, out of her
strong militia organization, does not con-
tribute even one company; but perhaps the
unfortunate experience of the PHILADELPHIA
drill two years ago will account for this. New
York also only. sends the Eighth Separate
Company from her large force of National
Guards, although a zouave organization and
the Peeksville Cadets also hail from this
State. New Jersey sends one COMPANY.
Perhaps the Middle States will be more
abundantly represented in the rifle practice.
for which there are many eraries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
Fourteen DAYS Under Snow.

D. Porter, who arrived in Murray on
Wednesday, gave thrilling account ofhi ex-
perience in the snow. About four weeks ago
he left the Mountain House, travelling in
northeasterly direction. On the fourth day
out he shot an elk, but just about the time
he succeeded in capturing the noble animal
it commenced showing so hard he found it
impossible to proceed. A shelter of some
kind being absolutely necessary, he succeeded
after much hard work in digging cave IN
the snow, and luckily having with him a
small hand ak, he managed to cut some
wood and build fire. For fourteen days he
was compelled to remain the sole occupant
of his snow-bound habitation, keeping up
what fire he found necessary and subsisting
on the elk that good fortune had supplied
him with. Although no bread or other
usual accomplishments were served with his
meals, Mr.. Porter says his daily collations of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

DO you remember the story of the elope-
ment in Slugtown last year? Deacon
Whelker's wife ran away with man by
name of Beeswinger."
II remember it perfectly. Most estimable
lady she was. am told; yet she succumbed
to the destinations of an adventurer."
We'll, / am Beeswinger," hesaid with con-
scious pride.
looked him over again carefully
to see if had not omitted something in my
first inventory of his personal charms No!
there could be no mistake about it, his outfit
as Lothario was the poorest and the most
highly scented of any gallant I had ever
met.
well, what became of your-your-
that is, what became of Mrs. Deacon WHEEL
kerr" asked for something to say.
'Oh, we didn't get along we'll, so after
about three weeks of more or less bliss l
skipped back to Slugtown and went to work"
well, werer't you afraid of meeting the
irate husband?"
II was Uneasy, but it didn't keep me away
from my meals, you can bet. One day met
the deacon on the street and I got little
skeered."
II don't wonder at that"
He said he'd been looking for me some
time"
with club, I suppose?"
mot much; with check. He told me
confidentially that I'd skipped out with his
wife Just in the nick O time, as he was layin'
for divorce, but didn't have no grounds.
He'd been havin' such pleasant time every
since that he thought he'd ought to give me
a hundred dollars as slight token of regard.
Now it struck me we might make good
thing out of this idee.''
What have got to do with your elope-
ments pr
You can have good deal. There's
probably several men in every neigh
borhood who want to get shed of their wives
and can't find no ground. 1 step in and for
consideration elope with the wife. You
get the story ahead of all other papers and
get check from the husband. It's
great scheme and might be run as stock
company"
'sWell?'
"Well," said the remnant, clearing his
throat, II will ask for sum of five dollars
in advance in order to make some changes in
my appearance before beginning my love
making campaign. Think of getting beat
on all other papers Think of it, rubbing
his hands enthusiastically
81 know Pm not going to get beat on
two papers," said, eyelng the Lothario sig
niticantly and reaching for composing stick
to hurl at him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
NATURES REQUIEM.
R. W. DIXON.

The heaving roses of the hedge are stirred
By the sweet breath of summer, and the
bird
Makes from within his jocund voice be
heard.
The winds that kiss the roses sweep the sea
Of uncut grass, whose pillows rolling free
Half drown the hedges which part lea from
lea.
But soon shall look the wondering roses
down
Upon an empty field cut close and brown.
That lifts no more its height against their
own.
And in little while those roses bright, ~
Leaf after leaf shall futter from their heig
And on the reaped field lie pink and white.
And yet again the bird that sings so high
Shall ask the snow for aims with piteous cry,
Take fright in his bewildering bower and
die. London 4fhenea1n
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06


New York, April % II have just come
from hearing "Evangeline'' at the Grand
Opera House, by one of Ned Rice's troupes,
and it has struck me that of all the LIE
Blancs 1 have seen-and 1 haven't missed
one-George Thorne's is in many respects
the most comical. It is uniquely funny, I
may say it doesn't follow any particular
line of satire, as the librettist may have in
tended, but it is conception quite Thorne's
own, with all the grotesque characteristics
of his humor and some interpretations that
are uproariously good.
1t did not surprise me to find that Thorne
had made quick hit in this role, which, by
the way, he is now playing for the first time
Ned Rice had long been latter him." as
managers put it when they throw their drag
net at any particular performer, and it took
something quite close to 5000 week as sal
airy to ''fetch' the little Englishman. He is
to work for Rice six weeks, and 1 think it
likely he will remain in this country all next
season, because he likes America and Ameri-
cans plainly are fond of him. He was the
best of all our Ko-Kos when he was with the
first of the Carte companies, and he then
gained SO much triumph that New Workers
fancied he was another of those discoveries"
that Carte is in the habit of pluming him
self on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
A Startling Innovation.

Gen. Francis A. Walker, the distinguished
Massachusetts educator, advocates the re-
moval of such arithmetical tortures as com
pound interest, compound proportion, com.
pound partnership, cube root, equation Of
payments and some other processes from
the curriculum of the Boston grammar
school course. He advises the use only OF
such operations as are in practical, everyday
use, and the abolition of mental gymnastics.
This is startling innovation for the Boston
mind to contemplate
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
No Work ON Hand.

Oldest Inhabitant-Well, how's things?
Coroner-Dull.
Oldest Inhabitant-Not much doing in
your line, Ell?
Coroner-No; there amt no ice and the
waters too cold for swimming yet It'd Bits
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
Echoes of a Dead and Buried Past.

The professor Of roller skating has gone
back to hunt the dado and the ramphorhyn-
Gus which geology tells us have also had
their day Of Citg Hizzdrd
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

The remnant groaned. "Oh, these editors of
to-day make me tired They amt got no
nose for news. They have all their thinking
done for 'em in New York by one of the
press associations. Well, young fellow, you
may need me some day. If you ever get
tired of your wife," significantly. swell,
you know Beeswinger's recordp' and he
driited YEARLY out. Z. d. PERSON